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U.S. Department of Homeland Security Washington, DC 20528 Homeland Security January 30, 2019 SENT VIA E-MAIL TO: [email protected] Jeremy Barr MuckRock News DEPT MR 67213 411A Highland Ave Somerville, MA 02144-2516 Re: 2019-HQFO-00303 Dear Mr. Barr: This letter acknowledges receipt of your January 24, 2019, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), for all email communications between (1) Jonathan Rath Hoffman and employees of Fox News (using email addresses ending with @foxnews.com); and (2) all email communications between Tyler Houlton and employees of Fox News (using email addresses ending with @foxnews.com) (Date Range for Record Search: From 1/20/2017 To 1/24/2019). This office received your request on January 24, 2019. Due to the increasing number of FOIA requests received by this office, we may encounter some delay in processing your request. Consistent with 6 C.F.R. Part 5 § 5.5(a) of the DHS FOIA regulations, the Department processes FOIA requests according to their order of receipt. Although DHS’ goal is to respond within 20 business days of receipt of your request, FOIA does permit a 10-day extension of this time period in certain circumstances pursuant to 6 C.F.R. Part 5 § 5.5(c). As your request seeks documents that will require a thorough and wide-ranging search, DHS will invoke a 10-day extension for your request pursuant to 6 C.F.R. Part 5 § 5.5(c). If you would like to narrow the scope of your request, please contact our office. We will make every effort to comply with your request in a timely manner. Provisions of the FOIA allow us to recover part of the cost of complying with your request. We shall charge you for records in accordance with the DHS FOIA regulations as they apply to non- commercial requesters. As a non-commercial requester, you will be charged 10 cents per page for duplication; the first 100 pages are free, as are the first two hours of search time, after which you will pay the per quarter-hour rate ($4.00 for clerical personnel, $7.00 for professional personnel, $10.25 for managerial personnel) of the searcher. We will construe the submission of your request as an agreement to pay up to $25.00. This office will contact you before accruing any further fees. We have queried the appropriate component(s) of DHS for responsive records. If any responsive records are located, they will be reviewed for determination of releasability. Please be assured that one of the analysts in our office will respond to your request as expeditiously as possible. We appreciate your patience as we proceed with your request. Your request has been assigned reference number 2019-HQFO-00303. Please refer to this identifier in any future correspondence. The status of your FOIA request is now available online and can be accessed at: https://www.dhs.gov/foia-status, by using this FOIA request number. Status information is updated daily. Alternatively, you can download the DHS eFOIA Mobile App, the free app is available for all Apple and Android devices. With the DHS eFOIA Mobile App, you can submit FOIA requests or check the status of requests, access all of the content on the FOIA website, and receive updates anyplace, anytime. If you have any questions, or would like to discuss this matter, please feel free to contact this office at 1-866-431-0486 or 202-343-1743. Sincerely, James Holzer FOIA Program Specialist